Demi Moore's new role: Hospital patient

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"Because of the stresses in her life right now, Demi has chosen to seek professional assistance to treat her exhaustion and improve her overall health," Moore's rep said in a statement.

"She looks forward to getting well and is grateful for the support of her family and friends."

However, sources told TMZ that the real reason for her hospitalization was caused by "substance abuse." Emergency personnel were dispatched to Moore's Los Angeles-area home around 10:45 p.m. Monday night, according to the website. Paramedics later decided to transport her to the hospital.

"When I'm at the greatest odds with my body, it's usually because I feel my body's betraying me, whether that's been in the past, struggling with my weight and feeling that I couldn't eat what I wanted to eat, or that I couldn't get my body to do what I wanted it to do," she told Harper's Bazaar.

However, she said she tried to find a happy medium.

"I find peace when I don't see my body as my enemy, when I step back and have appreciation and look at all that my body has done for me. It's allowed me to give birth to three beautiful children, allowed me to explore different roles as an actor, allowed me to be strong," she told the magazine. You can't look at yourself in the mirror and tear your body apart. You have to look at it and go, 'Thank you. Thank you for standing by me, for being there for me no matter what I have put you through.'"